Surveillance-IT

ICO Asks For More Powers To Protect Our Privacy

The ICO has investigated a record number of cases in 2013, but the watchdog wants more funding and independence to…

10 years ago

The Guardian And GCHQ Named Internet Heroes And Villains At 2014 ISPA Awards

Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry

10 years ago

Silent Circle Challenges Mobile And VoIP Operators With Encrypted Landline Calls

Silent Circle 'Out-Circle Calling' claims to make it cheaper and easier to make encrypted international calls to landlines and mobiles

11 years ago

Emergency Surveillance Rules Being Rushed Into UK Law

Government wants network operators to continue storing metadata, despite EU court ruling

11 years ago

Russian Government Will Force Companies To Store Citizen Data Locally

From 2016, if you don’t have servers in Russia, you won’t be able to do business in Russia

11 years ago

Prize Quiz Of The Week: Privacy

Try our Prize Quiz on privacy, and you could win a VPN subscription to protect your identity online

11 years ago

ISPs From Around The World File Legal Complaint Against GCHQ

Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business

11 years ago

Facebook Investigated By ICO Over ‘Emotional Contagion’ Experiment

The watchdog is looking into claims that the social network was breaking data protection laws

11 years ago

Silent Circle And Geeksphone Start Blackphone Shipments

Initial demand outstrips supply but SGP Technologies promises more will be available from 14 July

11 years ago

Facebook Publishes ‘Disturbing’ Mind-Control Experiment

Facebook has been criticised for carrying out a psychological experiment on hundreds of thousands of users without their knowledge

11 years ago

Respect Network Wants Members To Get Paid For Their Data

The ambitious project aims to challenge the way we look at data privacy and corporate reputation

11 years ago

Poll: TechWeek Readers Rate Switzerland And Germany For Privacy

Germany and Switzerland impress our readers with their privacy laws - but a lot of people vote for "other"

11 years ago

Government Has ‘Secret Policy’ To Intercept Facebook, Google And Twitter

Charles Farr statement reveals how the government could legally intercept people's social network data by separating internal and external comms

11 years ago

EU To Tighten Data Protection Controls On US Internet Giants

Reform measures agreed on Friday are to apply EU data protection laws to non-European companies that do business within the…

11 years ago

Microsoft Wants ‘Unfinished Business’ On Surveillance Reform Sorted

Microsoft's Brad Smith outlines five changes the company wants to see from the US government to rein in surveillance

11 years ago

Google Swamped With ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Requests

Google inundated with 12,000 requests to remove weblinks after belatedly allowing 'right to be forgotten'

11 years ago

Google Belatedly Offers Right To Be Forgotten Option

Google offers a form for people seeking to remove search results about themselves

11 years ago

NSA Surveillance Reform Bill Passes Government Vote

Legislation to curb the snooping activities of the NSA passes US vote, but this result pleases no one

11 years ago

Microsoft Challenges FBI Over A Customer Data Request

The company is ready to go to great lengths to protect customer data, as long as these customers buy products…

11 years ago

Facebook Reacts To Privacy Fears With Tightened Settings

Noob users of Facebook receive a privacy policy change that will limit their first postings to the audience they want…

11 years ago

Silent Circle Raises $30 Million In Funding, Moves To Switzerland

The company says the money will help bring Blackphone to the masses

11 years ago

Secure Messaging App PQChat Promises ‘Future Proof’ Encryption

PQChat retains minimal user information, auto-deletes messages and is protected even from quantum computing techniques

11 years ago

Silent Text 2 Adds Better Encryption For Secure Messaging

Silent Text 2 brings range of improvements to secure messaging app for Silent Circle subscribers

11 years ago

Our Individual Data: The Overlooked Casualty In The European Elections

Think about data privacy issues when you cast your vote next week, urges Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open Xchange

11 years ago

UK Charity Files Complaint Against GCHQ, Alleges Human Rights Violations

According to Privacy International, GCHQ’s intrusive malware operations violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

11 years ago

EU Court Tells Google To Abide By The ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

It looks like users from the EU will be able to edit results which come up when someone searches for…

11 years ago

ICO Report Identifies Eight Most Common Causes Of Data Breaches

ICO says the same mistakes are being made again and again

11 years ago

Met Police To Wear Body Cameras

The Met police are to wear body cameras, claiming it should lead to swifter prosecutions as people know they've been…

11 years ago

Emails Reveal Google’s Close Working Relationship With NSA

NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security

11 years ago